Client of Chinanews.net March 6 (Yang Yuqi) The State Council's joint defense and control mechanism held a press conference on the 6th. Liu Xiaoming, deputy minister of the Ministry of Transport, stated at the meeting that the transportation industry has been greatly affected by the epidemic and that customer traffic has dropped significantly. According to statistics, in February, the passenger volume of railways, waterways and civil aviation decreased by 79.9%; the volume of freight decreased by 26.5%; and the number of orders for taxis including Internet-linked vehicles decreased by 85%. It can be seen that the income of truck drivers and taxi driver groups has dropped significantly.